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overstored adj. A drinker who has accumulated a surplus of water, snacks and reasons to remain seated. Merlyn was overstored on the sofa, with supplies arranged within careful arm's reach. overstoreyed adj. A drinker so far gone that the sofa acquires an upper layer of blankets, coats and sleeping arrangements. overstoried adj. The state of being drunk and covered by successive household layers, with the sofa forming the ground floor. overstowed adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying one drink on top of another, with neither safely stowed. Rynesha arrived overstowed, balancing a half-pint over a glass she had forgotten. overstrained adj. Drunk on the strength of the next round, despite the present one already testing the machinery. overstraining diseased adj. Drunk since last orders, and seized by the peculiar muscular collapse of a creature captured after exertion. Shevella was overstraining diseased beside the fruit machine, still gripping her empty glass. overstrapped adj. Drunk by the third round, and held together by an imaginary strap running above everything else. overstratificationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranging each explanation in another layer above the last. overstratumed adj. Still drunk, and carrying one conversational layer above another until the original point disappears. overstreamed (/əʊvəˈstɹiːmd/) adj. Too drunk to stop the steady flow of words, opinions and requests for another round. overstrenuousnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to make fetching a packet of crisps an undertaking of excessive exertion. Ariauna found fetching crisps overstrenuousnessed by the distance between chair and counter. overstretched adj. Having drunk enough to promise more than the evening, the wallet or the remaining stamina can support. Irhaa grew overstretched by half-past nine, promising rounds the wallet and stamina plainly could not support. overstrictnessed adj. Having drunk more than enough to enforce rules no one else has agreed to observe. Leoh was overstrictnessed, objecting to the jukebox on procedural grounds. overstrided adj. You have drunk enough to cross the snug in a single, needlessly ambitious step. Demetriu went overstrided and nearly cleared the gap between two stools. overstriked (/ˈəʊvəstɹʌɪkd/) adj. You are drunk and have paid for the same round twice, as though the coin were being coined again. Jasalyn was overstriked and presented payment twice for one modest basket of chips. overstructured adj. Of a drinker: the upper layers of his evening remain upright while the foundations have gone home. Abrum was overstructured, with an immaculate order of service and no idea where he was sitting.